LR Rug Selection Help

tinanDecember 24, 2013

We'd like to replace the off white shag rug in our living room - it's looking worn and the longer pile is hard to vacuum. We don't like very contemporary designs but we're pretty open to something new. Price range is under $250 and the size of the current rug is 9x12' so we're looking at synthetics from Overstock and Ikea mainly. We already have a traditional red rug from Ikea upstairs.

A lot of the traditional rugs are red and gold - too gold for me, I'd rather stick to cream no predominant gold (already ordered and sent back "Soho Ivory Oriental Rug" from Overstock it was gold not ivory). I should also add that we probably son't want sisal, we had one in the past and it was scratchy and stained too easily.

The walls are BM Mascarpone with Mexicana on the FP wall. The first picture is taken during the day last year and most accurately reflects the colors.

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These photos were taken more recently and show the current furniture layout but taken at night with a cell phone the colors are off.

Maybe bring in the terra cotta color from the fireplace? Here are some I found at RugStudio.com...you can shop by color, size, price. Other sites are Rugs Direct, Rugs USA. Home Decorators also has a nice selection of rugs. You can also go to a carpet store and have regular wall to wall carpet cut and bound...look in the remnant section for good deals.

oldbat2be , only 8" of one edge are under the sofa... there is a huge area of rug not under the sofa my photos are just bad and don't show that angle I guess. I would like one large rug to tie the conversation area together.

bbstx, that is too modern and bold for us but thanks for the suggestion!

I was thinking more like these styles but not sure if I have found the right color/pattern yet. I would like to spend in the $250 range but yes the budget is flexible if I can't find what I want in that range. It looks like I might have to go up closer to $350.

I could only see rug 2, the first swings me back to your opening post.
But, in looking at 2, although a pretty rug, I think it looks too delicate for your over sized furniture.
I like the idea of going with the terra cotta as joanie suggests, but with a rug with a larger pattern. Doesn't have to be contemporary, although I think a modern look could work if you can find one in your comfort zone.

I think you should wait until you can spend a little more. IÃ¢ÂÂm all for finding a deal and a look for less but honestlyÃ¢ÂÂ¦the rugs in the $250 range will not look any better than what is there. You have a lovely home and furniture but it all could look even more fabulous with the right rug. You need something to help blend. You may not like any of these but by going up a few hundred the choices are endless.

jterrilynn , those all look nice to me where are they sold? The links just take me to photobucket. I am open to spending more if needed, I just thought I could get something suitable for less.

I could also easily change the color of the FP accent wall, the only red in the room, if that might free up color choices. I chose the color to downplay the ugly 80's tile around the FP but could paint the wall same as the other walls or another dark color.

Hi Tinan, I know nothing of this site but looked on BuyAreaRugs.com. I looked in both Traditional and Contemporary category's with filters, beige, red, ivory & tan. For a price filter I checked $500 to $1000. For the size filter I ticked Large.

That rug above is pretty! I think itÃ¢ÂÂs over kill with the fireplace wall paint though. The tile isnÃ¢ÂÂt so bad on its own and adds some warmth. I would just paint the fireplace wall the same color as the rest of the walls or maybe one shade darker. Then I would add some cool curtains.

I love the above Overstock rug in your room - really warms up all the brown tones. According to the reviews, the dusty blue shows up well in it, opening up the door for blue accents in the future.

If your budget can handle it, I would prefer to spend another $100 and get a nice wool rug. I have a 10% coupon (expires 12/31) if you need it - Promo Code 225322. There may even be a better one out there somewhere!

I remember when you painted that accent wall and I really like it still, and the new furniture arrangement looks great. That rug bbstx posted is beautiful and I think it would bring everything together wonderfully.

The mock ups with the fireplace wall the same color as the other walls really takes the life and personality out of the room, I think.

I like the red accent wall. i also like the rug bbtx posted, but it seems to me that it's more rust while your accent wall looks like a red with slightly blue undertones. Is that right?
However, you could easily repaint the red wall in a more terracotta.

Oh I hope you donÃ¢ÂÂt misunderstand me Tinan about the fireplace wall color, itÃ¢ÂÂs not that I donÃ¢ÂÂt like it itÃ¢ÂÂs more along the lines of I think itÃ¢ÂÂs sort of 1994 looking if then pared with a similar colored rug. I actually had two feature walls on opposite ends, one your color and another in emerald back in the early 90Ã¢ÂÂs (the gem stone days). With the similar color in the fireplace tile as the possible rug color I stand by my thinking that keeping the darker Red-ish/coral paint on fireplace wall is overkill. The tile is just right.
Not so over much overkill though if you keep the cream rug or at least a rug with much more cream with other colors and then keep the color block. I can see why that was a good solution at the time. It then had a different look. I also think the room looks bigger, airier and more updated without the color block there. To kick it up a notch for really updating I would think about the curtains.

The red on the wall is not gemstone at all - it's a deep rich red. I do still like it, just moved in and painted everything last spring. Since most of the rugs I like are red tones I thought it might be too much red - or difficult to match... after having to already ship back an overstock rug due to the colors not being as they were described or appeared online (eg "ivory" rug being gold).

The rug bbstx posted is beautiful, but only 10' long I need a 12x9' to look right in the area, so maybe something along those lines.

I love my curtains and do not want to change them (planning to add woven wood blinds underneath eventually), and tile change is definitely more work/mess than I'd like to do - but I am still open to changing the accent wall color as a very easy and inexpensive paint job... but it would have to be for a really great rug that would make it worthwhile :)

I'm going to come down on the side of Keep the red wall and stay very light/neutral with the rug
OR
bring in a red-toned-rust toned red and ivory rug and repaint the accent wall.
I agree that the accent wall and the red rug is maybe too much.
That said, if you decide to go with a red toned rug, I'd put it in the room and live with it for a couple of weeks before deciding to repaint.

There are a bunch of pretty rugs at overstock. I just don't know how you make sure that the colors are what you think/hope they are. I don't know if it would make sense to buy the littlest size and then return that.

This one is Primeval Ivory (it's 371.00)

I don't know if you'd ever had a wool tufted rug, but most have a plastic backing in which the wool is glued. After a while, that glue disintegrates, which can lead to horrible smell. I had a PB rug which I had to toss, even though it still looked amazing from the front.

I was going to suggest the rug below but read the last two reviews on the link. It may also be too gold.

Another suggestion is Costco rugs. At least you can take/ship them back easily if anything goes wrong. I've seen the one below in the store in the size you're looking for. (The online one is smaller for 150.00)

HereÃ¢ÂÂs another direction just for fun. This all wool Safavieh Anatolia sage rug in your size is on sale on Amazon for $571 with free ship. ItÃ¢ÂÂs hard to go by an online rug picture but Sherwin Williams Escape Gray on the fireplace wall might look very Ã¢ÂÂHOTÃ¢ÂÂ and updated (but hard to tell which gray greens would work) might have to go lighter to Austere Gray or lighter still to Conservative gray. However, given your dark furniture I think a med/dark green gray best. The gray green family would look real sharp though. As we all know red-ish and green-ish look very nice together. Sorry I did not accomplish those colors in mock-up.

I checked and it seems other sites have this $1,200 rug on sale for around $900 or so, this seems like a good deal at $571 with free ship. However, there also seems to be some good sales on other Safavieh rugs as well. might be worth some lookin.

The link below is the one I ordered last year when we first moved in, loved the picture but in person the rug was WAY darker and absolutely gold not ivory, and overall the colors were much darker than shown. Now there are reviews saying the same thing, but at the time I bought it I didn't see that complaint.

I ended up having to pay for return shipping so it put me off buying rugs online even though in the past I have purchased many great rugs from overstock at bargain prices. I think calling them might be a good idea to see if they can confirm the colors. One problem is that color perception can be subjective...

Here are some on Overstock below $300 except one of them a bit more, what do you think of these?

Unfortunately overstock doesn't have large images of them all, but I linked the images to the pages.

The red on the FP wall is a warm undertone, a bit orange not blue. That's been a problem with rugs that have maroon or burgundy reds they clash with the wall. I'll try to get a better photo in the daylight tomorrow.

mlweaving_Marji, I am NOT planning on buying a rug locally. Local means Ikea (don't have what I want) or fancy rug stores that sell $10,000+ rugs. My best option is online, I was just hesitant about reds because my wall is red and if the rug is the "wrong" red it will clash.

I once read that if considering a rug purchase online, buy the smallest size available for color/texture check. Returns should be cheaper since the rug is small. If the small rug is a good fit with your needs, then the correct size can be ordered.

Of the ones you posted, I like nos. 1, 5, and 6. I really like 6, but it certainly would take you into the land of "red"; you may have to repaint the red wall in case it clashes, but I'm wondering if you could even paint the accent wall in that blue/gray?

2. in my opinion looks kind of blah
4. is very dark
3. and 7. are nice (I like blues and gray) but definitely would take you into a cool direction and may not work with the red
8. has the action in the middle where your ottoman is. Also, for whatever reason, I find rugs with a medallion more formal and old fashioned.

Do you have a Homegoods or TJ MAxx in your area? Also, our local Costco had a sale of Safavieh rugs yesterday.